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Albert Brooks on Looking
For Comedy in an Uneasy World

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Wendy PollackThe Wall Street Journal Online

Updated Jan. 14, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

In more than three decades in Hollywood, Albert Brooks's signature persona is that of a slightly neurotic individual struggling to understand the people closest to him. Now, the 58-year-old actor and director has added a new layer to his anxiety -- his unease about the post-Sept. 11 world. His latest film, "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World," is an offbeat and often absurdist attempt to deal with that anxiety, while continuing, he hopes, to entertain an audience.